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Dairy Ingredients, Dairy Processing

Dairy’s key sustainability role

By John Lucey

Cheese Market News | September 2023

The dairy industry is very focused on efforts to reduce its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and contribute positively to efforts around climate change and sustainability.

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Cheese, Cultured Products, Dairy Ingredients, Dairy Processing

Envision a future where dairy waste has more value

By John Lucey

Hoard's Dairyman | July 2023

Research and innovation can help turn the low-value by-products of dairy processing into something more.

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Cheese, Dairy Processing

Increasing yield, efficiency with concentrated milks

By John Lucey

Cheese Market News | June 2023

If you ask a cheesemaker what some of the qualities are that they look for in their milk, most will probably say high fat and protein and overall high-quality milk (low somatic cells, low microbial counts). To control cheese composition (such as, to meet legal compositional standards for cheeses), the dairy industry has developed different methods and technologies to standardize the starting milk.

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Cheese, Dairy Processing

How can U.S. dairy participate in the new circular bioeconomy?

By John Lucey

Cheese Market News | October 2022

Major industries in the U.S. are looking at how they can operate more efficiently, reduce greenhouse gas emissions and ultimately move toward net zero (where greenhouse gases going into the atmosphere are balanced by their removal by forest, oceans, soil, etc.). This will require a major transformation of our economy.

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Cheese, Cultured Products, Beverages, Dairy Ingredients, Dairy Processing

Expanding infrastructure for innovation at the CDR

By John Lucey

Cheese Market News | June 2022

In recent years, groups within the dairy industry have raised concerns that plant-based drinks are using the term “milk” on their labels instead of “beverage.” These are valid concerns, since the federal definition of milk is the lacteal secretion from mammals, which cannot apply to oats, almonds or any other plant-based source. These beverages do state on the label they are made from plants, so it’s unlikely consumers think they are drinking cow’s milk.

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Cheese, Dairy Processing

We’re ready to design the future of dairy

By John Lucey

Hoard's Dairyman | April 2022

Thanks to the outstanding expertise of staff scientists and educators, the Center for Dairy Research (CDR) has earned a reputation for world-class innovation. Now we’re proud to invite the dairy community to
experience a new addition and renovated spaces at Babcock Hall on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.

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